This now-classic text by an insider, a former writer-producer at CBS News, chronicles the history of broadcast journalism in the U.S. from its beginning in radio through its rise as the most pervasive and powerful news medium.
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It seems impossible that the history of broadcast journalism covers only 70 years--from scratchy reception on crystal radio sets to high-tech satellite news gathering. Bliss, a retired CBS News veteran, details that brief but colorful span with an insider's knowledge. The pioneers of radio news like Lowell Thomas and Elmer Davis are chronicled. Then there are the journalists who made the transition from radio to television, most notably Edward R. Murrow, and today's young news "stars." Bliss also recalls the news stories that were landmarks in the development of broadcast reporting: the Lindbergh kidnapping, the Hindenberg explosion , radio's coverage of World War II, the Kennedy assassination, man walking on the moon, and television's coverage of the Vietnam War. Recommended for most libraries.
- Chet Hagan, Berks Cty. P.L. System, Pa.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Chet Hagan, Berks Cty. P.L. System, Pa.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Bliss was there as radio news became of age in World War II and as television news was born. From his vast personal knowledge and prodigious research he has fashioned this fascinating chronicle of broadcast news. It makes good reading and is an invaluable historical resource. -- Walter Cronkite
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Where did it begin? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
electronic coverage, good news tonight, oldest station, documentary unit, sole anchor, radio music box, news roundup Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Paul White, White House, Los Angeles, Walter Cronkite, United Press, Supreme Court, Associated Press, Eric Sevareid, Dan Rather, Lowell Thomas, President Kennedy, Washington Post, Fred Friendly, Robert Trout, Don Hewitt, Elmer Davis, Douglas Edwards, Fairness Doctrine, David Brinkley, First Amendment, President Truman, Charles Collingwood, Pearl Harbor New!
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electronic coverage, good news tonight, oldest station, documentary unit, sole anchor, radio music box, news roundup Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Paul White, White House, Los Angeles, Walter Cronkite, United Press, Supreme Court, Associated Press, Eric Sevareid, Dan Rather, Lowell Thomas, President Kennedy, Washington Post, Fred Friendly, Robert Trout, Don Hewitt, Elmer Davis, Douglas Edwards, Fairness Doctrine, David Brinkley, First Amendment, President Truman, Charles Collingwood, Pearl Harbor New!
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- As it happened: A memoir by William S Paley on 7 pages
- Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control. . . by Fred W. Friendly on 6 pages
- On the air in World War II by John MacVane on 5 pages
- At the White House: Assignment to Six Presidents by Robert Pierpoint on 5 pages
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- Mediapolitik: How the Mass Media Have Transformed World Politics by Lee Edwards on 4 pages
- Media at War: Radio's Challenge to the Newspapers, 1924-1939 by Gwenyth L. Jackaway on page 35, page 36, and Back Matter
- Mine Eyes Have Seen: A First-Person History of the Events That Shaped America by Richard Goldstein in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Salant, CBS, And The Battle For The Soul Of Broadcast Journalism: The Memoirs Of Richard S. Salant by Susan Buzenberg on page 66, page 221, and page 272
- Reality Squared: Televisual Discourse on the Real by James Friedman on page 219, and page 220
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